EconTalk Archives, 2012

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2012-12-31

  Pettit on the Prison Population, Survey Data and African-American Progress

Becky Pettit of the University of Washington and author of Invisible Men talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the growth of the prison population in the United States in recent decades. Pettit describes the magnitude of the increase particularly... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-12-24

  Lisa Turner on Organic Farming

Lisa Turner of Laughing Stock Farm talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about life as a small organic farmer. She describes her working day, the challenges of farming, the role of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in her life and what some job applic... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-12-17

  Boudreaux on Reading Hayek

Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the work of F. A. Hayek, particularly his writings on philosophy and political economy. Boudreaux provides an audio annotated bibliography of Hayek's most important bo... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-12-10

  Chris Anderson on Makers and Manufacturing

Chris Anderson, author of Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his new book--the story of how technology is transforming the manufacturing business. Anderson argues that the plummeting prices of 3D printers... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-12-03

  Mulligan on Redistribution, Unemployment, and the Labor Market

Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago and the author of The Redistribution Recession, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book. Mulligan argues that increases in the benefits available to unemployed workers explains the d... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-11-26

  Angell on Big Pharma

Marcia Angell of Harvard Medical School and the author of The Truth About the Drug Companies talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the impact of pharmaceutical companies on academic research, clinical trials and the political process. Angell argu... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-11-19

  Cochrane on Health Care

John Cochrane of the University of Chicago and Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how existing regulations distort the market for health care. Cochrane argues that many of the problems in the health car... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-11-12

  Munger on John Locke, Prices, and Hurricane Sandy

Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the gas shortage following Hurricane Sandy and John Locke's view of the just price. Drawing on a short, obscure essay of Locke's titled "Venditio," Munger explores Locke's views... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-11-05

  Joshua Rauh on Public Pensions

Joshua Rauh, Professor of Finance at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the unfunded liabilities from state employee pensions. T... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2012-10-29

  Hanke on Hyperinflation, Monetary Policy, and Debt

Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins and the Cato Institute talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about hyperinflation and the U.S. fiscal situation. Hanke argues that despite the seemingly aggressive policies of the Federal Reserve over the last four years, t... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author